International Law Scholars and Human Rights Experts
Amici Curiae
Rhonda Copelon, Counsel of RecordThe amici are 36 international legal scholars and human rights experts, including law professors and professionals who have studied international law regarding human rights and see violence against women as a violation of international law respecting human rights. Rhonda Copelon is a Professor of Law at the City College of New York Law School and Director of its International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic. She received her law degree from Yale. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on November 12, 1999.Congress has unquestioned…
